Re: anyelement -> anyrange - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: anyelement -> anyrange
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Msg-id 9645.1471397351@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: anyelement -> anyrange  (Jim Nasby <Jim.Nasby@BlueTreble.com>)
Responses Re: anyelement -> anyrange  (Corey Huinker <corey.huinker@gmail.com>)
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Jim Nasby <Jim.Nasby@bluetreble.com> writes:
> I can't think of any reason you'd want two different range types on a 
> single element type.

We would not have built it that way if there were not clear use-cases.
An easy example is you might want both a continuous timestamp range
and one that is quantized to hour boundaries.  Primarily what the
range type brings in besides the element type is a canonicalization
function; and we can't guess which one you want.
        regards, tom lane



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